Water-reservoir for automobile-radiators



' WITNESSES F. BILLINGTON. v WATER RESERVOIR FOR AU TOMOBILE RADIATORS.

APPIICATION FILED JAN-5.1920.

1,401,513, Patented De0.27, 1921..

9 I 2 9 m 1 ,4 r 2 Q- /z /2 INVENTOR 6H BY ATTORNEY citizen of the United States,

Portland, in the county of Multnomah and UNITED STATE PATENT OFFI FRANK BILLINGTON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

WATER-RESERVOIR FOR AUTOMOBILE-RADIATORS.

Application filed January 5,1920. Serial No. 349,663.

I To all may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK BILLINGTON, a residing at State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Water-Reservoir for Automobile- Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in water reservoirs for automobile radiators in which separate containers are afiixed tothe top of the radiator.

The objects of my invention are: First, to furnish an emergency supply of water for the radiator.

Second, to furnish a container which is i applicable to any car.

Third, to furnish a container which does not interfere with the operationof the car.

'Fourth, to place the container where the water can be preheated so thatcracking of the cylinders from cold water is. avoided.

a I attain these objects with the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure I is a front elevation of a radiator with m reservoir attached.

Fig. I is a plan view of Fig. I.

m Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

I The reservoirs 1 are complete metalhc receptacles in themselves "and are. soldered to the top of the radiator 2 on both sides of 1. v the fill opening 3. An aperture 4 in the bottom of the receptacle discharges the contents when required into the interior of the i radiator. This aperture is ordinarily closed by a valve 5, whose threaded stem 6 reaches through the top of the receptacle and can be turned by the T handle 7. The cylinder 8 which carries the female thread for the a :stem 6 is provided with a flange 9 and held to the top of the receptacle'by the screws 10. The opening in the topthrough which the cylinder 8 passes should be large enough so vention.

that the valve 5 can be withdrawn for re- Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

pairs after screws 10 are removed, and the cylinder 8 should be long enough to provide a straight guide for the valve stem 6. The fill opening 11 for the reservoir 1 may be closed by a cover plate 12 or in any other suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that my objects have been accomplished and, though I have shown the preferred form of construction, I reserve to myself the right to make any changes which do not contravene the I claim:

1. In a water reservoir for automobile radlators, the combination of a receptacle attached to the top of a'radiator and having capable of opening or closing the outlet at' the bottom, substantially as described.

Y 3. In a water reservoir for automobile radiators, the combination of a receptacle soldered to the top of a radiator, having an inlet and an outlet, with a valve screwably mounted in a flange on top of the receptacle and capable of being withdrawn by unscrewing the flange from the top of the receptacle, substantlally as set forth.

Signed by me at Portland, Oregon, this 13th day of December, 1919.

FRANK BILLINGTON.

principle of my in-, 

